Once Upon a Girl

Once Upon a Girl

72 mins | Drama, Family, War | Dec. 18, 1944

Woven around the daily lives of two children, nine-year-old Nastenka and five-year-old Katia, this is a story of the 17 months' siege of Leningrad and of the people and families shattered by the war, their homes bombed and destroyed, their lives in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.

Once Upon a Girl

72 mins | Drama, Family, War | Dec. 18, 1944

Once Upon a Girl
Woven around the daily lives of two children, nine-year-old Nastenka and five-year-old Katia, this is a story of the 17 months' siege of Leningrad and of the people and families shattered by the war, their homes bombed and destroyed, their lives in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Soyuzdetfilm
Original title Жила-была девочка
Directors Viktor Eisymont
Writers Vladimir Nedobrovo

Cast

Nina Ivanova

as Nastenka

Ada Vojtsik

as Nastenka's Mother

Vera Altayskaya

as Katya's Mother

Lidiya Shtykan

as Tonya

Aleksandr Larikov

as Makar Ivanovich

Nikolai Korn

as Nastenka's Father

Elena Kirillova

as Stepanida